Scandinavian-German dairy group Arla plans to merge with Milch-Union Hocheifel and the UK’s Milk Link. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the EU competition authorities and the consent of the membership meetings of the companies involved. A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by Dr Malte Bruhns advised Milch-Union
Oaktree Capital Management is to recapitalize Diamond Foods’ balance sheet with an investment of USD225 million in the branded, packaged food company. Concurrent with the closing of this investment, Diamond will amend its credit agreement with its existing lenders. The recapitalization will result in a capital structure that supports the
SEI has extended its relationship with Key Capital Investment Management Limited to include an operational outsourcing solution for the firm’s private equity business. Key Capital’s private equity offering is designed to provide family offices and high-net-worth private clients with exposure to a pre-identified list of Europe’s leading private equity firms
Pangaea Ventures Ltd has held a first close of Pangaea Ventures Fund III, LP, having attracted the initial USD50 million into the target USD100 million USD fund. Limited Partners in the new fund include world-leading industrials Asahi Glass Co Ltd, Asahi Kasei Innovation Partners, Inc, nv Bekaert sa, 9th Street
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners has led a seven-figure financing round for adeven GmbH, a technology company headquartered in Berlin and London, that verifies and optimizes mobile advertising campaigns for publishers and advertisers in real time. The financing will support the company’s international growth. Adeven GmbH analyzes the overall
Some 30 emerging markets private equity funds raised USD7.8 billion in the three months ended 31 March 2012, compared to 46 funds that raised USD9.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to figures released by the Emerging Markets Private Equty Association (EMPEA). On the investment side, 198 deals
International law firm Eversheds has advised private equity firm Baird Capital Partners Europe on its acquisition of the instrumentation solutions business of e2v technologies plc for GBP15 million. The acquired business will be re-named SGX Sensortech Ltd (SGX). SGX designs and manufactures sensors that provide environmental, health & safety research
Quikr, an internet and mobile-based classified ads specialist, has attracted an investment of USD32 million led by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing. Existing investors Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay Inc. also participated in this round of fund raising, which is the
For the first quarter of 2012, the IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI), which provides an early view of current deal flow activity and trends in the global market prior to public announcement, shows a 23 per cent increase in global merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity compared to Q1 2011.
Harris Williams & Co has advised on the sale of Silverchair Learning Systems, LLC (SLS), a healthcare IT (HCIT) provider delivering online learning and communication solutions to the senior care industry. SLS, a subsidiary of Silverchair Holdings, Inc. (Silverchair), was sold to Vista Equity Partners (Vista). The transaction was led
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